Nederburg Shiraz
£12.79
£17.05 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
Only 1 bottle left
Here's a Cape Shiraz that punches well above its price. Plump plum and black cherry meet a curl of leather and wild fynbos herb, all carried on a velvety, gently grippy palate. Easy enough for a Tuesday, smart enough for guests. If you want proven South African quality without the fuss, start here.
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Our Verdict
We keep this one on the shelf because it does something genuinely hard: it overdelivers, every single time. At this price you expect simple and cheerful. Instead you get that fynbos and coffee-bean complexity threaded through proper plummy fruit, plus a velvety texture that feels more expensive than it is. It's our go-to recommendation for anyone who wants honest, food-friendly South African Shiraz without gambling. Perfect for midweek dinners, casual entertaining, or a first step into Cape reds. Stock is currently limited, so if it's on your list, don't leave it too long.
Tasting Notes
Crimson in the glass, with a nose that drifts between roasted coffee bean and the wild scrubland herbs of the Cape, fynbos, before ripe plum and black cherry move in behind. The palate follows that promise: succulent dark fruit, a savoury thread of leather and dried herbs, and a velvety texture carried by gentle tannins that grip just enough to keep things lively. It finishes long and elegantly composed, which means it stays interesting from first sip to last rather than fading after the fruit.
About This Wine
Some wines make you work for them. This one just delivers. Pour a glass and you get a generous rush of dark plum and black cherry, then something more intriguing underneath: a whisper of coffee bean, dried herbs, and the unmistakable scrubby lift of fynbos, the wild Cape flora that gives so many South African reds their savoury signature. The palate is plush and velvety, with just enough tannin grip to keep things honest and a finish that lingers longer than the price tag suggests. Nederburg has been making wine since 1791, and that experience shows in the balance here. The fruit is drawn from cooler granite and shale sites across the Coastal region, Wellington, Groenekloof and Stellenbosch, where higher natural acidity keeps everything fresh rather than jammy. It's a classically styled Shiraz built for the table, not the trophy cabinet. Which is exactly where it belongs. This loves Mediterranean cooking: spicy lamb, souvlaki, a platter of kebabs off the grill. It's equally at home with a Sunday roast, slow-braised oxtail, or a barbecued steak when the British weather finally cooperates. A short decant softens the tannins nicely if you're opening a young bottle. It makes a reliable, crowd-pleasing gift too, and we deliver across the UK, usually within a few working days.
Food Pairing
This loves Mediterranean meat off the grill. Pour it with spiced lamb kebabs or souvlaki, the smoky char echoing the wine's savoury, herbal side while the plummy fruit cools the spice. It also handles a proper Sunday roast, slow-cooked oxtail, or a charred barbecued steak with ease, the modest tannins cutting through richer, fattier cuts beautifully.
- —Spiced lamb kebabs with a yoghurt and mint dressing
- —Pork or lamb souvlaki off the grill
- —Slow-braised oxtail with root vegetables
- —Barbecued ribeye steak with rosemary
- —Traditional Sunday roast lamb
How to Serve
Decanting
A short decant of 20 to 30 minutes pays off while the wine is young, softening that modest tannin grip and coaxing out the coffee bean and fynbos aromatics on the nose.
Ageing & Cellaring
Made to be enjoyed young, this drinks well on release and holds happily over the next four to six years. With time the modest tannin grip eases and the leather and dried-herb notes deepen, but there is little to gain by waiting long.
The Land
Granite and shale soils run through these vineyards, and they leave a clear signature: grapes with higher natural acidity and a welcome streak of freshness. Open canopies let sunlight reach the bunches directly, building balanced acidity, firmer tannin structure, deeper colour and clearer fruit expression. It is why this Shiraz tastes lively rather than heavy.
The Winemaking
This is a wine built in the vineyard first. Fruit drawn from several Cape parcels is brought together to layer plum and black cherry against a savoury, herbal edge of fynbos and dried herbs. The handling stays gentle and unfussy, preserving that bright natural acidity and letting the fruit lead. The result is a velvety mouthfeel with only a modest tannin grip, elegantly structured and long. Young bottles benefit from a short decant, which softens that grip and lets the coffee-bean and leather notes unfold.
About the Producer
Nederburg
Nederburg sits in the Paarl valley, at the foot of the Drakenstein mountains, and it has been making wine there since 1791. That's not a typo. Few producers anywhere in the world, let alone the Cape, can claim over two centuries of continuous winemaking history, and Nederburg wears that history properly: not as a museum piece, but as the foundation for one of South Africa's largest and most consistently decorated wine estates.
The original farmhouse, a gabled Cape Dutch manor completed in 1800, still stands today and is protected as a national monument. It's the kind of building that tells you everything about the Cape's Dutch colonial past, all whitewashed walls and elegant curves, and it remains the beating heart of the estate.
What interests me most about Nederburg, though, isn't the architecture. It's the winemaking lineage. Through the twentieth century, a succession of talented winemakers built the estate's reputation for quality at scale, most notably the German-born Günter Brözel, whose work in the vineyards and cellar helped set new standards for South African wine and brought Nederburg an extraordinary run of show success. Few Cape estates have collected more trophies and awards over the decades.
That combination, serious scale paired with genuine craft, is why I think Nederburg deserves a place in any UK wine lover's exploration of South Africa. The 5600 range, named for the estate's founding altitude marker, offers Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage that show real varietal character without asking you to spend a fortune. The Cuvée Brut, meanwhile, is proof that South Africa's sparkling wine scene deserves far more attention than it gets on UK shelves.
We stock Nederburg because it does something genuinely useful: it makes reliably good, honestly priced South African wine accessible to people who are just starting to explore what the Cape has to offer. This isn't a boutique producer chasing scarcity. It's a historic estate that has spent over two hundred years learning how to make wine people actually want to drink, delivered to your door here in the UK.